Local IRS Workers Express Struggles After First Missed Paycheck Due to Government Shutdown

DES MOINES, Iowa — For many of the 17,000 federal employees in Iowa, today was supposed to be pay day. But instead, they woke up to their bank accounts quickly dwindling. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is just one of the many federal departments across the country that is currently on shutdown. Their employees are stuck at home on furlough waiting to receive the call to get back to work. From the outside, it may seem like a “forced vacation,” […]...